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This task involves the work of running a controlled experiment of Reference Check that is isolated to English Wikipedia. This test: - Builds on the previous A/B test we ran of Reference Check at 15 Wikipedias (T342930) - Is a response to: -- Reference Check //not// yet being available at en.wiki -- Volunteers there making multiple inquiries/proposals about enabling Reference Check at en.wiki ([1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_213#h-Deploying_Edit_Check_on_this_wiki-20240809172600), [2](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Edit_check#c-Femke-20250323092400-Deployment_reference_check_enwiki)) === Decision(s) To Be Made - [ ] 1. === Hypotheses |ID|Hypothesis|Metric(s) for evaluation |---|---|--- === Leading indicators === Guardrails === A/B Test: Decision Matrix |ID|Scenario|Indicator(s)|Plan of Action |---|---|---|---

This task involves the work of running a controlled experiment of Reference Check that is isolated to English Wikipedia. This test: - Builds on the previous A/B test we ran of Reference Check at 15 Wikipedias (T342930) - Is a response to: -- Reference Check //not// yet being available at en.wiki -- Volunteers there making multiple inquiries/proposals about enabling Reference Check at en.wiki ([1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_213#h-Deploying_Edit_Check_on_this_wiki-20240809172600), [2](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Edit_check#c-Femke-20250323092400-Deployment_reference_check_enwiki)) === Experiment timeline WARNING: the dates and steps that follow are NOT yet final. |Milestone|Target Completion Date|Responsible|Status|Notes |---|---|---|---|--- |Publish announcement| //TBD//|@Sdkb | | |Start test| //TBD//|Editing Engineering | | |Verify test bucket balancing (T394463 )| | Editing QA + @MNeisler| | |Publish leading indicators report| //TBD//| @MNeisler |~2 weeks after test start| |End test| //TBD//| Editing Engineering|~6 weeks after test start | |Publish final report| //TBD//| @MNeisler | ~2 weeks after test end| === Decision(s) To Be Made - [ ] 1. === Hypotheses |ID|Hypothesis|Metric(s) for evaluation |---|---|--- === Leading indicators === Guardrails === A/B Test: Decision Matrix |ID|Scenario|Indicator(s)|Plan of Action |---|---|---|---

This task involves the work of running a controlled experiment of Reference Check that is isolated to English Wikipedia. This test: - Builds on the previous A/B test we ran of Reference Check at 15 Wikipedias (T342930) - Is a response to: -- Reference Check //not// yet being available at en.wiki -- Volunteers there making multiple inquiries/proposals about enabling Reference Check at en.wiki ([1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_213#h-Deploying_Edit_Check_on_this_wiki-20240809172600), [2](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Edit_check#c-Femke-20250323092400-Deployment_reference_check_enwiki)) === Experiment timeline WARNING: the dates and steps that follow are NOT yet final. |Milestone|Target Completion Date|Responsible|Status|Notes |---|---|---|---|--- |Publish announcement| //TBD//|@Sdkb | | |Start test| //TBD//|Editing Engineering | | |Verify test bucket balancing (T394463 )| | Editing QA + @MNeisler| | |Publish leading indicators report| //TBD//| @MNeisler |~2 weeks after test start| |End test| //TBD//| Editing Engineering|~6 weeks after test start | |Publish final report| //TBD//| @MNeisler | ~2 weeks after test end| === Decision(s) To Be Made - [ ] 1. === Hypotheses |ID|Hypothesis|Metric(s) for evaluation |---|---|--- === Leading indicators === Guardrails === A/B Test: Decision Matrix |ID|Scenario|Indicator(s)|Plan of Action |---|---|---|---